New Model of Religious Conversion
Subtitle: Beyond Network Theory and Social Constructivism
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789004266506
Description: A New Model of Religious Conversion highlights connections between converts' backgrounds and the religions they convert to. It also critiques the prevalent application of network theory and social constructivism to the study of conversion narratives, while making the case for the introduction of biographical sociology to American sociology.